Hair-cutting comb



A. M. WIDDOWS HAIR CUTTING COMB Filed Dec. 28. 1926 mmvrox.

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Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

ANNA WIDDOWS, OF AKRON, OHIO.

HAIR-CUTTING COMB.

Application filed December 28, 1926. Serial No. 157,478.-

This invention relates to hair cutting combs such as are used forbobbing hair.

The invention has for its chief object the provision of an improved combwith bladelike gaging teeth so formed as to be practically unbreakable.

Another object is to provide in combination with such a comb, a secondcomb movably mounted thereon for use in combing the hair outwardlybetween the gaging teeth.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention are obtained by thecombs illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described below. Itis to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificcomb shown and described.

Of the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improved comb in use;

Figure 2 is an clevation'o't' the comb;

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig ure 2; 1

Figure 4 is a section on line 1-4- of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an elevation of a separate comb for use in place of theattached auxiliary comb shown :in the foregoing figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates a handle formedwith an extended shank 11 connecting a series of bladelike gaging teeth,12, 12, formed with inner edges 13 adapted to fit against the back of apersons head andouter gaging edges 14: of a shape to provide a hair cutof any desired style, the edges 13 and 14 curving inwardly anddownwardly and converging to points at their lower ends, whereby thehair at the nape of the neck can be cropped very close. By supportingblades 12 at their tops or widest portions, the bottoms may be pointedas desired and the comb is turthermore strengthened since the blades 13are supported from their widest portions.

An auxiliary comb 15 may be movably attached to the above comb for usein combing the hair upwardly between the teeth 12. Accordingly, aslottedstrip of sheet metal 16 is hinged onto the handle 10 and is curveddownwardly and inwardly therefrom, the comb being provided with a pin 15e11- gaged in the slot and having an enlarged head 15 thereon forretaining it in the slot,

auxiliary comb l9n1ay be employed instead ot' the attached comb 15.

In use, as illustrated in Figure 1, the comb is placed against thepersons head; the comb 15 is utilized to comb the hair upwardly betweenteeth 12 and is then secured on hook 18. The cutting is thenaccomplished by operation of the scissors, clippers or other cuttingdevices against the gaging edges'l t of the teeth 12.

Modifications of the invention may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is z 1. The combination with a hair cutting comb havinga shank and blade-like gaging teeth, of a slotted plate hinged onto theshank of the comb with the slot extending parallel to the teeth, anauxiliary comb arranged with teeth adapted to pass between theblade-like teeth of the first comb and having a pin thereon slidablyengaged in said slotted plate, and means for securing the auxiliary combto the shank.

2. The combination with a hair cutting comb having a shank andblade-like gaging teeth, of a slotted plate hinged onto the shank of thecomb with the slot extending parallel to the teeth, and an auxiliarycomb arranged with teeth adapted to pass between the blade-like teeth ofthe first comb and having a pin thereon slidably engaged in said slottedplate.

ANNAM. WIDDOWS.

